Several violent earthquakes, like the vicissitudes of life, changed the world.

What was once a high mountain turned into a valley, and the former river filled it up and turned into a plain.

The darkness of the night seemed endless, and the faint sunlight whined in the sky.

Outside the city, patches of beautiful mountains and rivers, the former verdant rivers and mountains, the land has dried up and cracked, and it has become a desert with no people.

Eleven years after the opening of the calendar.

March.

The dim sky is difficult to distinguish between day and night, and the dim light reflects the pale yellow eyes.

The cold wind carried the yellow sand, and rolled towards the earth like a knife, and the eyes were full of devastation.

A homeless man wearing a hat and a cloak came from the yellow sand.

A rusty billboard crumbles on the side of the road that reads:

"Welcome to the century-old capital of Akagi!"

The man pressed his hat tightly, and his thick beard was stained with yellow sand. He paused for a long time in front of the rotten sign, frantically reached for his waist, and finally found an antique cigarette stick, lit it with trembling hands, and swallowed the cloud deeply.

"Red ...... city. ”

The closer you get to Akagi, the yellow sand seems to have actively avoided it, and the wind is getting smaller and smaller.

The man shook the sand off his body and looked up at the towering city wall, sighing.

It's changing with each passing day.

"Do you have an ID card?"

The two guards carried hideous tubes on their backs, and the top of their weapons were inlaid with crystals called "stardust", and they stepped forward to ask the man for a pass.

This seems to be a new weapon called the "Star Gun" that combines stardust technology.

You can shoot a hidden weapon with a bang.

The man nodded, this thing didn't work, after all, he could dodge.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

Two cute big yellow dogs squatted beside the guards, sticking out their tongues and snorting hot air at the man.

"ID card?"

The guard politely raised his palm at the man and pointed in a direction: "If you don't have an ID card, please turn right and go straight along the city wall for thirty zhang, there is a homeless people admission and management office, referred to as 'Liuzhi Office', verify your identity inside, wait for the experts of the Disaster Prevention Bureau to verify your identity and assess the 'danger level', and after the household department registers, you can apply for a temporary ID card to enter the city." ”

"Ah???h The man took off his hat in disbelief, and took out a layer of gray "Chang Shi Hui" from his waist, the mirror of Chang Shi Hui was black, and it was no longer as beautiful as it used to be, the man held Chang Shi Hui and said with a smile: "The two little brothers misunderstood, I used to be a member of the Disaster Prevention Bureau, a subordinate of the Red King, does the Red King know?" We have been living in seclusion outside for many years, and now that we are back, this is Qing's identity certificate. ”

"Flutter!" The two guards couldn't help but laugh, but they didn't embarrass Qing Thirteen, and happily took out two cards with lifelike photos and texts: "This old man, this is the ID card." ”

“……”

"Besides, since the disappearance of the Red King, there are many people who have used the name of the Red King to deceive all year round. At first, we were all stunned, thinking it was true, but later we found out that it was because the reputation of the Red King was too loud in the past, and we all knew that the reputation of the Red King was used to cheat and cheat, and we couldn't believe it for a long time. If you really want to be, just go to the 'Drainage Department' and wait for a while, and wait for the experts of the Disaster Prevention Bureau to find out. ”

Qing 13 understood, he touched his beard, and his sloppy appearance was regarded as an old man who wanted to enter the city in the name of the Red King to eat and drink.

Qing 13 embarrassedly put away the outdated "Changshi Painting" and glanced at the wall. This wall is so low, who can stop it? Qing 13 muttered in his heart, but asked honestly: "Then, how long will it take?" ”

"About three working days. By the way, the clock in the Drainage Division prevails. ”

Whew, swoop, swoop.

The two big yellow dogs stared at Qing Thirteen with blazing eyes.

Kind eyes.

"Okay."

Qing 13 put on his hat and walked in the direction the guard pointed.

After walking a hundred steps, Qing Thirteen cigarette stick tapped lightly on the wall.

"What the hell can trap me in celebrating thirteen?"

Qing 13 entered the city, the hustle and bustle of fireworks came to the face, although the streets have long ceased to be classical, but the houses are still those houses, the people are still those people, a strange and familiar complex emotion, welling up in the heart.

"Ten years, ten years."

Keisan took off his hat, hung it behind his back, closed his eyes, and opened his arms towards the city, as if to embrace the city's fireworks in his arms.

Whew, swoop, swoop.

Soon, a group of big yellow dogs surrounded him.

"Huh?"

A second later, hundreds of dogs chased Qing 13 and ran wildly on the streets.

"Hasty! After ten years, dog breeding is popular in this city! ”

The scene of hundreds of dogs running wildly aroused the onlookers of the people, some people ate melons, some gnawed melon seeds, and some waved flags.

Running and running, Qing 13 found that something was wrong, and the eyes of the pedestrians on the street seemed to be strange to the scene of "a hundred dogs running", and they looked lively.

Ah this, are many people chased and bitten by dogs?

"Woo-woo-"

Sirens sounded over the city.

Blue stardust spotlights flickered.

The alarm sounded: "There is a transcendent invasion of Akagi!" ”

"Attention everyone, there are transcendents invading Akagi!"

"The way is unknown!"

"Abilities unknown!"

"Danger Level Unknown!"

Sou! Sou! Sou!

Swift shadows swept out from all directions, running across the rooftops.

Sensing the strange aura on all sides, Qing Shisan's eyes first stared, and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and a little nostalgic look appeared in his eyes, standing in the middle of the street, the smoke was blown out from the cigarette stick, and the figure gradually dissipated in the smoke.

Call!

Hundreds of dogs pounced on Qing Shisan's figure that gradually became illusory, lowered their heads and sniffed on the ground, staring at the dogs.

After walking a group of dogs, Qing Shisan had enough fun, so he followed the street in his memory to find the Red King's Mansion.

After looking for a few laps, Qing 13 squatted in the shadows: "It's weird, why can't you find it?" Even if no one lives in the master's house, it is Erniang who is now the emperor, how can he preserve the Red Palace's mansion as a place of interest. ”

Squatting on the wall and pumping several shots, Keisan reappeared on the street, once again surrounded by dogs.

This time, there was also a middle-aged man leading the dog, wearing a black uniform, a badge pinned to his chest, and the word "Xiao", with the number printed underneath: Five, Six, Seven.

"I don't mean anything else, I want to ask for directions."

Qing 13 glanced at the other party's badge, probably guessed the identity of the other party, and beckoned to the other party.

"You, you, ......" Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man looked at Qing Shisan's sloppy and iconic appearance, and his eyes widened: "Should you be...... Celebrate thirteen, celebrate adults? ”

Kei-san tilted his head, searching for dead memories in a painstaking search.

"It's me! Five, six, seven! Once upon a time it belonged to Akabe! Be your direct subordinate! ”

Five, six, seven, whispered a few words by the neckline, and soon the alarms and lights in the city disappeared, and a farce returned to peace.

"How did you become a dog breeder?"

Qing 13 asked curiously.

"Lord Kyung laughed." Five, Six, Seven touched his head: "I don't have any other skills, 'crying and mourning' can empathize with other creatures, I have raised a lot of dogs, dogs' five senses are much sharper than ordinary people, after training, can easily distinguish the difference between extraordinary people and ordinary people?" ”

"The Transcendent?" Qing Shisan looked puzzled.

"Qing people, all these years, should they all live a life without fighting with the world?" Five, Six, and Seven were taken aback.

"That is, in the past ten years, I have been obsessed with reading and educating people with my insiders, patronizing and tossing my children, fishing at sea for a living, but I have very little contact with people."

"What? Can you still catch fish at the beach? "The more I listened, the more shocked I became, didn't it mean that the fish on the seashore were dying in pieces, and the sea was full of fish carcasses, and many fishermen could not survive anymore and migrated inland one after another.

"It's getting less and less, but there's still in the deep sea." Qing 13 took a puff of cigarette, blinked, and said with a smile: "Qing's ability is a little special, I dare not say that the sky and the earth are omnipotent, row a small boat and run to the far sea to fork a few sharks back is easy, big fish live for a long time, put some blood as bait, fork a few heads, my insiders are good at tinkering with these, smearing powder to make dried fish, you can eat it for a long time." ”

“……”

Five, Six, and Seven wiped a handful of cold sweat from his head.

The crisis of Akagi's daily invasion is lifted.

Qing 13 learned about the recent situation from five, six or seven.

Since the disappearance of the Red King, not long after, the Red King's Mansion disappeared from the city overnight like steam, and the huge Red King's Mansion was only a smooth open space, and later the Empress built other buildings on it.

With the departure of the pillar and the seven people of the Disaster Prevention Bureau, the Disaster Prevention Bureau became the seventh in addition to the six departments, which was under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The star shower ten years ago allowed more people to get a glimpse of the door and awaken all kinds of strange abilities. In the past ten years, the Disaster Prevention Bureau has taken on more and more cases related to the thaumaturgists of the Doorway, and found that these people with awakened abilities are not working in some kind of related work as before, and they have not even followed the rules of the Doorway and awakened. Over time, the Disaster Prevention Bureau referred to those who awakened thaumaturgy after bathing in the star shower as transcendental, meaning "people beyond mortals".

The abilities of the transcendent are so strange that they cannot be measured by the previous concept of path thaumaturgy. And five, six, and seven because of their ability to "cry and mourn", raised thousands of dogs, patrolled the city, and were responsible for surveying the "lawless and extraordinary".

"It turns out that the dog is the body of the guard?"

Qing 13 secretly said that this is the case, no wonder the two big yellow dogs at the door stared at his eyes in a daze, it turned out that he was targeted by the dogs before entering the city.

After five, six or seven, Qing 13 came to the former site of the Red King's Mansion.

He found that it was really as five, six or seven said, no wonder he went around the street several times and did not find the Red King Mansion, it turned out that a "memorial hall" was built out of thin air on the site of the Red King Mansion.

The memorial is open to all, and there are also many squatting dogs. Pedestrians seem to know the special features of the dog in Akagi, and they dare not act rashly under the dog's gaze. In the memorial hall, there are many old objects, ancient books and picture scrolls that record the history of Daqian, and even the holy decrees of the past, and even the "Yi Chu Edict" when Erniang ascended the throne was also framed and hung on the wall.

There is also a vivid "statue of the Red King" inside, I don't know whose handwriting comes from, the carving is exquisite, the face of the Red King is handsome, the posture is mighty, the Red King maintains the posture of smiling and touching the cat's head, that calm and mysterious smile, lifelike.

Next to the statue of the Red King, there is a sign that reads: The Red King and the Cat.

Qing 13 sighed at the changes in the past ten years and walked out of the Daqian Memorial Hall. After taking a few steps, he noticed that something was wrong, and suddenly turned back and stretched out his hand to test it.

A subtle sense of disobedience came from his hand, and after a while, Qing Shisan smiled dumbly: "Ghost? ”

Qing 13 lowered his head, lit a cigarette stick, and the smoke was filled, and after a while, Qing 13 disappeared in front of the memorial hall.

Through the "dark tent", a burst of laughter of warblers and swallows came, and the fragrance of flowers curled.

The promenades are staggered, the lotus flowers in the courtyard are verdant, and the water in the pond is clear.

The familiar scene made Qing Thirteen look in a trance, and for a moment it was like returning to the compound ten years ago, when he squatted on the wall and guarded day and night.

Several familiar figures walked towards Qing 13 through the secret tent, Qing 13 squinted, but it was a familiar face.

Squeak, Bobo, Pingping, Lily, the four daughters with "orchids";

Pei Gaoya, who came out with a spatula and an apron all over his body;

The tailor Xi'er, who quickly knitted a scarf with both hands and the charm of a young woman;

The old doctor and Jun Buxiao, who were squatting in the corner and barbecuing, were grabbing a cooked chicken wing;

A monk sitting with a black lotus flower flying around in the air;

The woman was in a bun, preparing dishes and chopsticks in the hall, there was almost no trace of time on her face, and on the bright side was Mrs. Zheng's Yue Linglong;

Jiang Gaoyi, who carried large and small barrels;

Sitting in the pond, there were many egg-laying dragonflies on his face, and Gu Qiutang, who could still hold back motionless;

Obviously in her thirties, she is still as petite and active as a girl, her face is covered with a layer of dense scales, and she is quite exotic.

The intimate and beautiful big sister Ye'er who secretly fights with the four daughters of the reed leaf and the orchid;

Yin Qingqing, who followed Yue Linglong like a maidservant, was busy before and after;

The hidden prince "Blind Chen Wei", who sat in the corner and had a scar on his face;

On the roof, in the place where Qing Shisan's eyes were hot, there were many masked brothers sitting in rows, even if they were now fat, bald, and masked, Qing Shisan also recognized that these were the brothers who were on duty in the courtyard with him back then;

There were also many figures wearing the uniforms of the Disaster Prevention Bureau, walking around the compound;

At this time, a graceful and luxurious, as soon as he appeared, the surrounding area was eclipsed, and the attention of Qing Thirteen was instantly attracted by the figure who walked out of the inner room. The moment the beautiful woman saw the sloppy man with a sloppy beard on her face, she was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Brother Qing, you have finally arrived." ”

Qing 13 pinched the beard on his face hard and slammed it hard. Hurt! He knew that it was not a dream in front of him, so he hurriedly walked to Zheng Erniang...... No, in front of the current empress Wei Ruyi, she was dumbfounded: "Why are you all here?" No, our Red King's Mansion is now hidden in the ghosts, and you are not ferrymen, how did you get in? ”

Squeak heard Qing 13's shout and wondered, "Brother Qing, didn't you receive the 'invitation letter'?" ”

"Got it!"

Squeaky looked at Qing Thirteen with strange eyes: "Brother Qing, behind the 'invitation letter' sent to us by the master, there is a line of words, asking if we should go home immediately, yes or no, you can come in with a swish." We've all been here for a while. ”

Qing Shisan stared at him for a moment, and then said casually: "I saw it, I saw it, but you also know that our thaumaturgy can travel thousands of miles in an instant, so why do you need that little invitation?" Hehe. ”

He took out the "invitation letter" with his back and looked at it,...... Grass, is there really a "yes or no?" ”。

As he spoke, Qing 13 quietly tore up the "invitation" and swallowed it into his stomach.

(End of chapter)